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Letter to USDA Regarding H5N1 Outbreak in Dairy Cattle

NASDA

Letter Dear Secretary Vilsack, We appreciate the ongoing efforts of your agency to respond to the outbreak of H5N1 in dairy cattle, especially the opportunity to regularly meet with you and your team to share information and concerns. We implore the agency to release guidance and financial support to dairy cattle auction barns and markets.

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Leather Companies Can Play a Critical Role in Stopping Deforestation

Food Tank

This dynamic puts leather producers and leather-purchasing companies in a position to have significant influence on the creation of responsible beef supply chains. This system will connect different tiers of the supply chain with verification tools that credibly document DCF status.

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Animal health experts offer perspectives on future disease preparedness during NASDA Annual Meeting

NASDA

Press Release INDIANAPOLIS – At today’s National Association of State Departments of Agriculture 2024 Annual Meeting , the Animal Agriculture Policy Committee hosted a panel focusing on recent outbreaks of H5 influenza in poultry and dairy populations and its impacts on “secure” plans for the livestock sector. territories.

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Walmart’s ‘Regenerative Foodscape’

Civil Eats

While their investments and philanthropy tend to float under the radar compared to those of other billionaires, already it’s nearly impossible to turn a corner in the realm of sustainable food and agriculture without running into Walton money. If Walmart does that, it goes against every grain of their corporate culture.”

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Animal Ag News 12/9

Agwired

Department of Agricultures (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the start of its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS) , which builds on measures taken by USDA and federal and state partners since the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 in dairy cattle was first detected in March 2024.

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WILD SCIENCE FICTION

The Lunatic Farmer

This means that by 2030, modern food products will be higher quality and cost less than half as much to produce as the animal-derived products they replace. The impact of this disruption on industrial animal farming will be profound. will have fallen by 50 percent and the cattle farming industry will be all but bankrupt.

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Animal Ag News 1/29

Agwired

International Dairy Foods Association released the first ever State of Women in Dairy report to provide IDFA members and dairy industry with data-based metrics and recommendations to support gender equality across the entire supply chain. 2 for CattleCon24 , the largest cattle industry event in the country. Schreiber Foods Inc.

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